Sen's picks: Hot?

Best Picture
Miami Vice
The Departed
The Host
A Scanner Darkly
Children of Men

Best Director
Michael Mann - Miami Vice
Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
Richard Linklater - A Scanner Darkly

Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Christian Bale - The Prestige
Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
Clive Owen - Children of Men
Ryan Phillippe - Flags of Our Fathers

Best Actress
Scarlett Johansson - Scoop
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Kirsten Dunst - Maria Antoinette
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Sienna Miller - Factory Girl

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed
Michael Caine - The Prestige
Robert Downey Jr. - A Scanner Darkly
Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine
Michael Sheen - The Queen

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
Carmen Maura - Volver
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Naomie Harris - Miami Vice

Best Original Screenplay
Stranger Than Fiction
The Science of Sleep
Babel
Scoop
Marie Antoinette

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Scanner Darkly
The Departed
Children of Men
Miami Vice
The Devil Wears Prada

Best Cinematography
Miami Vice
Marie Antoinette
Children of Men
The Host
The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Best Editing
Miami Vice
The Departed
The Host
Inside Man
Children of Men

Best Art Direction & Production Design
Marie Antoinette
The Fountain
The Prestige
Children of Men
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Best Costume Design
Marie Antoinette
The Devil Wears Prada
Factory Girl
The Illusionist
The Queen

Best Score
The Fountain
The Host
A Scanner Darkly
Volver
Miami Vice

Best Make-Up
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Marie Antoinette
The Queen

Best Sound
Miami Vice
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Fountain
The Host
Children of Men

Best Visual Effects
The Fountain

Best Animated Film
A Scanner Darkly
Cars
Monster House

Best Foreign Film
The Host


Total Nominations: (Am I sweet?)
Miami Vice - 8
Children of Men - 8
Marie Antoinette - 6
The Departed - 6
A Scanner Darkly - 6
The Host - 6
The Fountain - 6
The Devil Wears Prada - 4
Volver - 3
Pirates of the Caribbean - 3
The Prestige - 3
The Queen - 3
Stranger Than Fiction - 2
Babel - 2
Scoop - 2
Factory Girl - 2
Flags of Our Fathers - 1
Little Miss Sunshine - 1
The Science of Sleep - 1
The Wind That Shakes the Barley - 1
Inside Man - 1
The Illusionist - 1
Cars - 1
Monster House - 1

My Personal Oscars Picks

This list is far from final, just assorted from the close to 40 films I've seen, and a few descriptions included. Rank in terms of quality are listed from top to bottom in each category.

Best Picture:
Marie Antoinette
Miami Vice
The Fountain
Pan's Labyrinth
The Curse of the Golden Flower

The last two choices in this category is really a competition between four films: Pan's Labyrinth, The Curse of the Golden Flower, Children of Men, and The Departed. All rated eights and all are exceptionally close in quality. The winner of this category was the most difficult decision, since essentially this year has been the highlight of the top two films. However, with the release of the Marie Antoinette DVD, I am likely to make my final decision for the best film of the year.

Best Director
Sofia Coppola - Marie Antoinette
Michael Mann - Miami Vice
Darren Aronofsky - The Fountain
Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
Martin Scorsese - The Departed

The choice to select Sofia Coppola in this category is less of a question mark than Best Picture, since one of the reasons why I have went with Marie Antoinette as the best all year long could be that I considered it the superior technical film. While I absolutely adored the alien, retro, ode-to-the 21st century look of Miami Vice and the swift, confusing pacing of Mann's camera, Sofia's mastery of the look of the period is something that I have never seen before, considering the comparison to Barry Lyndon and Fanny och Alexander. It creates a look all on its own, a completely fashionable, feminist world; a dreamy, half period drama, half puppy show, half absurdist whimsical nonsense. The reason for opting to go with Scorsese and Cuaron is that I believe Children of Men to be more of a director's film; especially mastering the look of the last 20 minutes, with its use of greyish haze that splatters over the crumbling buildings to create an imaginative image of smoke-laden dystopian warfare. Not seeing anything too majestic about Del Toro's directing and slightly questioning Zhang's use of too much color to create an interior rainbow setting, Scorsese takes the last spot. And besides, it's his year right?

Best Actor
Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
Colin Farrell - Miami Vice
Leonardo Dicaprio - The Departed
Clive Owen - Children of Men
Aaron Eckhardt - Thank You For Smoking

This category, like Best Picture, is an extremely close competition between the top two. Where you have Jackman through his frantic confusion and his gasping for air is able to ooze a performance from the heart, with several nail-hitting scenes of grievances and worrisomeness, you have Farrell giving an equally worthy performance of a "human" cop. He doesn't portray the stereotypical tough cop, he creates a real human character, evident in any scene away from work (with Gong Li), and his googly, flirtacious eyes and semi-cop smirk which highlights the nature of his smooth seduction. Dicaprio takes an easy third place, with Owen's Bogart-esque, regular Joe performance (did all he can with his character) fourth, and Eckhardt's charismatic, smart mouth portrait squeezing into the last spot.

Best Actress
Kirsten Dunst - Marie Antoinette
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Gretchen Mol - The Notorious Bettie Page
Ivana Banquero - Pan's Labyrinth
Beyonce Knowles - Dreamgirls

Basically a steal, Kirsten easily takes the award. Her performance is basically what Sofia wanted, she's like an image in her absurd creation, everything from the intentional fake crying, her giggly, smily, and blush red face compliments Sofia's character sublimely. Fantastic casting choice to pick the dollish, childish Dunst to play Marie and a fantastic performance from Dunst. Streep's muted, cruel schoolteacher quality to her performance makes her my favorite of the nominees and the last choices include a fun-to-watch Gretchen Mol, an affecting, tear-inducing Ivana Banquero, and a great second half effort by Beyonce Knowles.

Best Supporting Actor
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
Sergei Lopez - Pan's Labyrinth
Jamie Foxx - Miami Vice
Steve Carell - Little Miss Sunshine
Mark Wahlberg - The Departed

A close race between Nicholson and the overlooked Lopez. Nicholson is more than just fun-to-watch, it might be the best mob boss portrayal I have seen in a long time, lending a nasty edge to his character as well as convincingly give off a bummish, underground mob boss edge to his rat-ish routine. Lopez's boot-stomping brutality can be considered a one note routine, but there is a sinister quality to his performance which makes him a worthy candidate to challenge Nicholson. Foxx is a close third, probably the best expressionless acting I have seen in a while, the scene in the hospital can be taken of note, when he is beginning to realize the consequences of his job. In this scene, we know that he's becomes a man, and fantastic acting by Foxx to lend realism to his character.

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
Rachel Weisz - The Fountain
Mia Kirshner - The Black Dahlia
Scarlett Johansson - Scoop
Charlotte Gainsbourg - The Science of Sleep

It hurts me to snub Gong Li in both categories, but she was just not terrific in neither performances this year compared to the young actresses in this category. There is a possible steal in this category, with Rachel being a close, but not that close, second... to Emily Blunt's basically creating her own personality. On second thought, I take that back, this category's a steal.

Best Original Screenplay
Miami Vice
The Fountain
Marie Antoinette
Pan's Labyrinth
Little Miss Sunshine

Until Marie Antoinette gets released on DVD, my opinion right now is that while Marie Antoinette deserves to take director, Miami Vice's Heat-esque structure of backstories and supporting characters complimenting one another, along with the conflicting intrinsic character conflicts remains this year's best screenplay. The Fountain is certainly a better written film than directed, and the same could be said about the last two films.

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Departed
The Curse of the Golden Flower
Children of Men
The Devil Wears Prada
Casino Royale

Not the strongest category for me, The Departed wins by default.

------------------------------------Secondary Selections-------------------------------------

Best Cinematography
Marie Antoinette
Miami Vice
Children of Men
The Fountain
The Curse of the Golden Flower

Best Editing
Miami Vice
Marie Antoinette
The Departed
Children of Men
The Fountain

Best Art Direction
Marie Antoinette
The Curse of the Golden Flower
Miami Vice
The Fountain
Pan's Labyrinth

Best Costume Design
Marie Antoinette
The Curse of the Golden Flower
The Devil Wears Prada
Dreamgirls
The Fountain

Best Score
The Fountain
Pan's Labyrinth
Babel
Marie Antoinette
Miami Vice

Best Make-Up
Pan's Labyrinth
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Marie Antoinette

Best Sound
Miami Vice
Marie Antoinette
The Fountain
The Curse of the Golden Flower
The Departed

Best Sound Editing
Miami Vice
Marie Antoinette
United 93
The Departed
Children of Men

Best Visual Effects
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
The Fountain
Pan's Labyrinth

(Best Foreign Language Film goes to Pan's Labyrinth, Best Animated Feature goes to Ice Age: The Meltdown, Best Documentary goes to An Inconvenient Truth and Best Song goes to Miami Vice)


Total Wins
Marie Antoinette - 6
Miami Vice - 5
The Departed - 2
The Fountain - 2
Pan's Labyrinth - 2
An Inconvenient Truth - 1
The Devil Wears Prada - 1
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 1
Ice Age: The Meltdown - 1

Total Nominations
Marie Antoinette - 12
The Fountain - 12
Miami Vice - 12
Pan's Labyrinth - 9
The Departed - 8
The Curse of the Golden Flower - 6
Children of Men - 6
The Devil Wears Prada - 4
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - 2
Little Miss Sunshine - 2
Dreamgirls - 2
An Inconvenient Truth - 1
Babel - 1
United 93 - 1
Ice Age: The Meltdown - 1
Scoop - 1
The Science of Sleep - 1
Casino Royale - 1
Thank You For Smoking - 1
The Black Dahlia - 1
The Notorious Bettie Page - 1

Shut Outs:
The Queen
The Descent
Snakes on a Plane
Inside Man
The Illusionist
World Trade Center
Flags of Our Fathers
V for Vendetta
Half Nelson
Hollywoodland
X-Men 3
Shortbus
Little Children
Sherrybaby
Candy
The Da Vinci Code
Art School Confidential
The Break-Up
Basic Instinct 2

My Oscar Predictions

I will be supporting The Departed

























Best Picture - The Departed


Best Director - Martin Scorsese, The Departed


Best Actor - Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland


Best Actress - Helen Mirren, The Queen


Best Supporting Actor - Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls


Best Supporting Actress - Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls


Best Original Screenplay - Little Miss Sunshine


Best Adapted Screenplay - The Departed


Best Cinematography - Children of Men


Best Editing - The Departed


Best Art Direction - Dreamgirls


Best Costume Design - Marie Antoinette


Best Score - Babel


Best Song - "Listen", Dreamgirls


Best Make-Up - Pan's Labyrinth


Best Sound - Dreamgirls


Best Sound Editing - Letters From Iwo Jima


Best Visual Effects - Pirates of the Caribbean


Best Animated Feature - Happy Feet


Best Foreign Film - Pan's Labyrinth


Best Documentary Feature - An Inconvenient Truth

Updated: 2006

10/10
1. Marie Antoinette
1. Miami Vice

9/10
3. The Fountain

8/10
4. The Curse of the Golden Flower
5. Children of Men
6. The Departed

7/10
7. Little Miss Sunshine
8. Babel
9. United 93
10. The Science of Sleep
11. The Devil Wears Prada
12. Scoop
13. Casino Royale

6/10
14. Dreamgirls
15. The Queen
16. The Descent

5/10
17. Snakes on a Plane
18. Inside Man
19. Ice Age: The Meltdown
20. Thank You For Smoking
21. The Illusionist
22. World Trade Center
23. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
24. The Black Dahlia

4/10
25. Flags of Our Fathers
26. V for Vendetta
27. Half Nelson
28. Hollywoodland
29. X-Men 3

3/10
30. Little Children
31. Sherrybaby
32. The Da Vinci Code

2/10
33. Art School Confidential

1/10
34. The Break-Up
35. Basic Instinct 2


Top 10 Performances:
1. Kirsten Dunst - Marie Antoinette
2. Colin Farrell - Miami Vice
3. Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
4. Hugh Jackman - The Fountain
5. Jack Nicholson - The Departed
6. Rachel Weisz - The Fountain
7. Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
8. Gretchen Mol - The Notorious Bettie Page
9. Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
10. Mia Kirshner - The Black Dahlia

LAWL: Part 2

seriously. says: (Sen)
anyways, i'm watching miami vice as we speak

I am so hot says: (Me)
as you're talking to me?

seriously. says:
yes

I am so hot says:
oh no

I am so hot says:
i guess i should vacate

seriously. says:
well i'm watching it for the third time

I am so hot says:
oooh

I am so hot says:
what scene you at

seriously. says:
"allow me to buy you a drink"

seriously. says:
"how fast does that go?"

seriously. says:
"goes very fast"

seriously. says:
etc

I am so hot says:
speedboat

seriously. says:
yup

I am so hot says:
i love those speedboat shots

seriously. says:
yup

I am so hot says:
cubans don't like me

I am so hot says:
and they don;t like my passport either

seriously. says:
LOL

seriously. says:
omg

seriously. says:
that was the exact moment he said it

seriously. says:
wow

I am so hot says:
what can i say

seriously. says:
bravo

I am so hot says:
thanks


Shortly afterwards....


am so hot says:
what scene now

seriously. says:
gong li is talking with montoya

I am so hot says:
oh

I am so hot says:
we will close their eyes forever

seriously. says:
omg

seriously. says:
she just said that

seriously. says:
right now

I am so hot says:
i swear i'm not at your house

seriously. says:
Lol.

I am so hot says:
I promise

I am so hot says:
not under your bed

seriously. says:
i believe you

I am so hot says:
or in your closet

I am so hot says:
lols

seriously. says:
haha

What can I say? I'm brilliant

Little Children (Spoilers)

The beginning was promising; the description of Haley’s character as a suburban menace was an intriguing foreshadowing of how his character can impact the suburban lifestyle later on. Right after, it moves into an idealistic suburban setting at the playground and the playful narrations about the characters’ nonchalant lifestyles created a Wes Anderson-esque, comic bookish mood, in which their sex lives and personalities are satirized with suburban humor.

The first 20, maybe 30 minutes aside, the rest of the film could be stated as some of the worst moments of my 2006 cinematic viewing experience. The characters soon turned into mere quirks and exaggerated sexual stereotypes. First of which is Winslet’s husband, which through his maybe three brief scenes in the film is nothing more than a piece of blatant humor and stereotype of the “horny middle-age, my-wife-won’t-have-sex-with-me” character. To say that the scene where he is caught masturbating is not funny is stating the painfully obvious, but the fact that the meaning of his character comes down to nothing more than “he’s horny” is the first sign of where the film is heading. Haley’s character could be stated similarly, in that the filmmaker needs to make it so unbelievably obvious that he is hated by the neighborhood. When he jumps into the pool, in a seemingly Jaws-like manner, and the entire community stares down on him like he would actually commit a crime in public is meaningless exposition, we know that the community hates him, flyers of him are posted everywhere, his house is vandalized, what’s the point in such a sequence? His character seems inserted as a quirk, a convict/child molester/sexual failure that is there to reflect on the failures of Wilson’s character, or of someone who is to be a neighborhood villain of some sort. In a way, his character feels extraneous.

In fact, the only supporting character actually believable is the underused Connelly. The “football” subplot, subjected to corny dreamy sequences of a community unity is hilarious to say the least, and is completely out of sync with the entire film. It’s a simplistic metaphor to highlight the extent of Wilson’s lack of an eventful life, much like Spacey’s cliché “red sports car” in American Beauty. Wilson’s fixation with skateboarders could be stated as the same, it’s nothing more than a cheap device to be interpreted as “I want to feel like a kid again.” Emmerich’s character, the most outrageous caricature in the entire film, is reduced to a mere cliché, in that the primary use for his character is simplified by his poking at turned to bullying turned to hatred turned to attempted murder of Haley, who after the completely outrageous accidental murdering of Haley’s mother, progressively turns a new leaf and “finds a conscience.” Little development is there on his character, except a superficial relationship to Wilson and his “Community of Concerned Parents” leadership.

The ending turns into a sort of pseudo-thriller and a ridiculous series of climaxes, a coincidental meeting of Winslet and Haley, a daughter that decided to run off to stare at some fireflies, and Haley and Emmerich’s glorious “let’s shake hands” conclusion. The most questionable of which is Winslet’s and Wilson’s compromise, in which they agreed, after confessing such a huge desire to be together, to run off together. What holds Wilson back is not his fear of abandoning his wife, rather his sudden urge to decide to go skateboarding; what is questionable is his burst of childhood passion at the most important moment of his life. Lol? And Winslet deciding that “crap he’s not worth it,” after that brief shock to the heart she received from her daughter does not make sense to me, it’s like Bullock falling down the stairs to find herself completely washed away of racism in Crash.

Haley was absolutely dull and passable, the only performances worth noting are Winslet, her solid, but non-award worthy "plain jane" act and the superior Demi Mooreish, "ideal housewive" portrait of Connelly.

What we’re reduced to in the film is simplistic characterization, blatant suburban stereotyping, dry sex humor, a Halloween-like ending, and a series of wax-polished symbolism, in the vein of two characteristics, the completely cinematically blatant (the “prom king” nonsense and the “Madame Bovary” references uttered simultaneously as Winslet and Wilson are having sex) and the cinematically corny and nonsensical (the kiss on the football field and little girl staring at the fireflies). 4/10

2004 - A Year of Mastery

Top Films (1-6 are tremendous and 7-8 are very good, 9-10 meh... "place-holders")
1. 2046
2. Collateral
3. Before Sunset
4. Clean
5. Mysterious Skin
6. 3-Iron
7. Maria Full of Grace
8. House of Flying Daggers
9. Fahrenheit 9/11
10. Shaun on the Dead

Top Performances
1. Tom Cruise - Collateral
2. Maggie Cheung - Clean
3. Zhang Ziyi - 2046
4. Clive Owen - Closer
5. Tony Leung - 2046
6. Kate Winslet - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
7. Nick Nolte - Clean
8. Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace
9. Al Pacino - The Merchant of Venice
10. Natalie Portman - Closer

LAWL

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says: (SEN)
tell him (FIST) i saw rocky balboa and it sucked

For your eyes only... says: (ME)
really?

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
yes

For your eyes only... says:
LOL

For your eyes only... says:
PMS

For your eyes only... says:
same old same old movie?

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
hah yeah

For your eyes only... says:
i'm sure he'll find "somethign" good in the film

For your eyes only... says:
something great pardon me

For your eyes only... says:
he'll talk about the subtle mannerisms where isn't none and such

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
i'm sure he will

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
hahaha

For your eyes only... says:
lulz

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
dude sly was so fucking funny

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
he sucked big time. and i'm a fan of his early works. but here, he totally blew it

For your eyes only... says:
lulz

For your eyes only... says:
he's fat too

For your eyes only... says:
pardon the superficiality

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
yes

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
and his face is disgusting

For your eyes only... says:
LOLz

For your eyes only... says:
too much blubber, he looks funny when he crouches

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
yup yup

johnny napalm with liberty spikes!! says:
blubber is the right word

The Curse of the Golden Flower (1st thoughts)

With The Curse of the Golden Flower, Zhang Yimou has once again dived into his seemingly newfound love of martial arts epics and stories about the Chinese monarchy. However, while Hero and House of the Flying Daggers are more about rebellions against the crown, The Curse of the Golden Flower with its Ran-esque storytelling, address the theme of conflict within the monarch. Zhang is never one to subject you to long, bloated epics or unfocused pacing, but in any case, the same problems I held with House of Flying Daggers, abrupt endings and the outrageous climaxes, I still hold with this film. The first hour of the film is excellent, the slow build-up of the first 30 minutes of the film is complimented by the masked woman walking into the room. The sequences afterwards logically connects the relationship of the king toward the queen as well backstory about how he ascended the throne. In addition to setting up a web of intrigue that proceeded to follow, we are more aware of the characters after that sequence. The two elder sons, the servant girl and the mother were all potentially important characters.

However, the gigantic climax felt way too overstrenous of a screenwriting process. The servant girl and the mother, whether or not they were related hardly mattered to the plot, and that the servant girl rushed out of the palace at the discovery of her brother is an overdone dramatic sequence, especially since it is by coincidence that the monarch seems to have relations with both yet the mother and the servant girl are related. They seemed to be completely different characters at the beginning, and it is a bit unbelievable that the person that the elder son is having an affair with is the daughter of the "masked woman." And their characters being removed so fast is a questionable move and only hurts the plot development, they could have been essential characters at the end instead of just plot devices. The younger son murdering the elder son is completely meaningless, and served more to create needless drama. The younger son clearly held no vendetta toward the elder son previously and him killing his brother just like that when the film is completely focused on the other story seems like way too contrived of a climax and completely unnecessary. It felt like The Departed, which the characters just drop dead one by one.

However, the look of the film is quite exquisite, Gong Li's jewerly plastered robe and Chow's golden armor compliments the look of the period extraordinarily, the opening scene of the horseback warriors riding into the palace sets up a Kurosawaian mood, and the scenes over the cliffs are particularly imaginative.

I would say that it is inferior to Riding Alone For Thousands of Miles and Hero, but superior to House of Flying Daggers and is currently my fourth favorite film of the year. It was about where I had intended it to be, actually a bit better than what I had originally thought. 8/10

A few BAFTA thoughts

Casino Royale's 9 nominations is kind of questionable, considering it's not even the best Bond movie. The Queen's 9 reviews is expected, but it's without a doubt this year's most critically overrated movie. Babel is way shallow. It's about nothing and it doesn't know it. And no Marie Antoinette for best cinematography. :(

Sorry guys

That I don't post or even visit your blogs. I'm always masturbating to mine. It seems you guys do a lot without me though. :(

Revised Decade Lists (90s)

Revised Decade List (2000s) 11-20

YMDB is so outtahere

Blogger is the new thing.

Top 10 Performances of the Year

I love feelings: most _____ of the year

Most Entertaining? Miami Vice

Most Beautiful? Marie Antoinette

Funniest? Little Miss Sunshine

Most Heartbreaking? The Fountain

Most Heartwarming? Little Miss Sunshine

Most Meditative? Marie Antoinette

Most Intelligent? The Fountain

Most Technically Impressive? Marie Antoinette

Most Extraordinary (you won't see this every year)? Marie Antoinette + Miami Vice

Most Overall Fulfulling? Miami Vice

Children of Men - Brief, concise descriptions (Spoilers)

It is not a philosophical film, rather an uplifting humanistic drama, a dystopian fiction depiction, it's tender and drab at the same time, and reinforces that humanity indeed has a future. The plot moves at a uniformly steady pace, following characters as they venture in and out of danger, encounters betrayal within its own community, and loses a leader. The first ten minutes and the scenes with Michael Caine aside, the film... scarcely ever dull and spiritually uplifting, is tremendously well written and incisive. The cast is excellent; a snarky, trenchcoat-wearing Clive Owen, an arm-crossing Julianne Moore, and Claire-Hope Ashitey all give solid performances. The last 20 minutes are the film's highlight, when Owen guides Kee through the debris, the deteriorating buildings crumbling, and the smoke-laden warfare ensues within their very eyes, the film catches a type of a aesthetic poetry through the multiple grey and dark blue color schemes. As Owen approaches the fog-ridden sea of nothingness, the film concludes with the notion that humanity indeed has a future....

8/10. Just edges The Departed for my 4th favorite film of the year.

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Revised Top 10 of the Decade (2000s)